Famed music journalist Chet Flippo, 69, dies: Chet Flippo launched his music journalism career during Rolling Stone's formative years, and helped bring country music to the rock-and-roll mainstream.
"Chet was a fierce advocate for country music long before country was cool," said CMT president Brian Philips, characterizing Flippo's reporting for Rolling Stone in the 1970s as "the kind of no-holds-barred music journalism that doesn't exist anymore, anywhere."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
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I enjoyed Flippo's and Godwin's work, particularly in the 1970s...and Gandolfini was about my age, though I'm told of larger girth. Though I suspect he had a more rewarding career. However too short it was.
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